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Mount Meron (Hebrew: הַר מֵירוֹן, Har Meron; Arabic: جبل الجرمق, Jabal al-Jarmaq) [1] is a mountain in the Upper Galilee region of Israel. It has special significance in Jewish religious tradition and parts of it have been declared a nature reserve.
Mount Meron Nature Reserve is a declared nature reserve in the Galilee that constitutes the largest nature reserve in northern Israel, with an area of 90,596 dunams. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The reserve was declared on December 9, 1965, and has undergone several expansions and reductions in area since then.
Meron (Hebrew: מֵירוֹן, Meron) is a moshav in northern Israel. Located on the slopes of Mount Meron in the Upper Galilee near Safed, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merom HaGalil Regional Council. Meron is most famous for the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, and is the site of annual mass public commemoration of Lag Ba'Omer.
Israel's longest and most famous river is the 320-kilometre (199 mi) long River Jordan, which rises on the southern slopes of Mount Hermon in the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. [30] The river flows south through the freshwater Sea of Galilee , and from there forms the boundary with the Kingdom of Jordan for much of its route, eventually emptying into ...
Originally, the term "Upper Galilee" referred to a larger region, encompassing the mountainous regions of what is today northern Israel and southern Lebanon.The boundaries of this region were the Litani River in the north, the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the Lower Galilee in the south (from which it is separated by the Beit HaKerem Valley), and the upper Jordan River and the Hula Valley in ...
This is a list of mountain ranges in Asia. Lists. Name Country 'Approx. length (km) ... Mount Hermon: 2,814 Mount Apo: Mindanao, Philippines: Mount Apo: 2,954 ...
M. Mafadi; Mafinga Central; Maglić (mountain) Maromokotro; Mawson Peak; Mount Meron; Midžor; Mogotón; Moldoveanu Peak; Møllehøj; Mont Idoukal-n-Taghès; Mont Nabemba
Topography of Asia. This article lists the highest natural elevation of each sovereign state on the continent of Asia defined physiographically.States sometimes associated with Asia politically and culturally, but not geographically part of Asia, are not included in this list of physical features (with the exception of Cyprus - marked with a N/A rank entry).